Posted on 06/15/2016 8:54:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A Sacramento pastor is receiving backlash after video of his sermon discussing the Orlando massacre surfaced online.
In a YouTube video uploaded by Verity Baptist Church, Pastor Roger Jimenez praises the massacre of 49 people at Pulse night club in Orlando, Florida and claims to be upset that the gunman did not finish the job.
The video, which was removed by YouTube on Tuesday for violating their policy on hate speech, has already caught the attention of people intolerant of this pastor’s sermon.
“As Christian’s we shouldn’t be mourning the deaths of these 50 sodomites,” Jimenez said. “Because the bible teaches that these sodomites are all, every single one of them, a predator.”
Known for his “red-hot preaching,” Jimenez is the pastor of Sacramento’s Verity Baptist Church that began in his living room in 2010 and now has over 200 worshipers every Sunday morning.
After waking up to the news of the massacre in Orlando, Florida, Jimenez took the opportunity to preach statistics on gays and lesbians and defend his perspective on why Christian’s shouldn’t mourn the massacre.
In the sermon Jimenez continued to quote directly from the New International Version Bible explaining that gays and lesbians are defined as abusers and pedophiles.
One of Jimenez’ main sources of evidence for his claims came from Judges 19:22-30, a story describing the “vile” habits of homosexuals.
“Our society wants to classify everybody, it’s LBGT whatever,” Jimenez explained. “This passage proves they all go both ways, they’re all a bunch of perverts! The classification is this, they’re unnatural.”
Throughout the heated 45-minute sermon that has received backlash from the general public, Jimenez calls for another massacre and reminds the worshipers that this isn’t just his opinion, it’s the word of the Bible.
“Aren’t you sad that 50 sodomites died,” Jimenez asked. “It’s like the equivalent of asking me, ‘Hey are you sad that 50 pedophiles were killed today?’ No. I think that’s great, I think that helps society. I think Orlando, Florida is a little safer tonight.”
Jimenez ended his sermon reminding those in the church that Christians should have no need to mourn the deaths, claiming that they had it coming.
“Every less sodomite there is in this country is better for our country,” Jimenez concluded.
YouTube users have responded furiously to a majority of the videos found on the Church’s page. Several have taken it upon themselves to rate them on Facebook, explaining their anger at the ignorance in his sermons.
“This man does not know God, he is siding with terrorism....clearly full of self-hate, the blind leading the blind," Theresa Krause wrote on the church's Facebook page. "I hope one day he comes to know God, God is love. He is very far away from that at this point.” Another commenter expressed their disgust in the pastor's sermon.
“This pastor is no man of God! He is hateful and promoting violence against human beings!" Maryann Ciali wrote on the church's Facebook page. "I am of Christian faith and we believe in gods love toward all mankind. So disgusted with this pastor.”
Did the mohammedan murderer lawfully arrest and lawfully try anyone?
AMEN.
Even the devil can quote scripture.
We are in a war.
I’m not cheering their deaths, but I do think it worthwhile to point out that, as a group, male homosexuals are a filthy, vile and murderous crew. They prefer to risk killing their “lover” rather than put a condom on and interfering with their own sexual pleasure.
Each year, male homosexuals give a death sentence to over 30,000 of their own kind with HIV. Gay men have killed more American men in 30 or so years, than were killed by the Krauts in WWI, Nazis and Japs in WWII, the commies in Korea and Vietnam, and all the Muzzies COMBINED. All of this simply by sodomizing their buddies without a condom.
Gays like to state that the Nazis rounded up and killed gays. True. The Nazis got about 15,000 of them as best I can determine. Gay American men OTOH, give about twice that many each year the gift of HIV. So as not to interfere with their “pleasure.”
Their promiscuity is so bad that about 1 in 5 of them (men who have sex with men) are HIV positive. Out of the apprx. 60,000 gay men in San Francisco, about 15,000 are HIV positive, and half of those have full blown AIDS.
So, no I am not cheering their deaths, but neither am I crying about it.
President: "Well, we should be careful about painting with a broad brush. Do you have any idea how loose talk like that makes ordinary every-day pastors feel? And their families…..? And,,,,GGRRrrr, …..how is saying "radical pastor" a strategy?
I think the answer is yes and no. Yes, he agrees sin must be punished—but not necessarily in the here and now. The role of the state and the church seem to be separated.
Jesus took those sins on the cross. He didn’t abolish the law, but fulfilled the law.
Jeremiah 31:33 tells us that the new law will be written on the hearts of His people. Hebrews 10:16 seems to confirm this truth.
So if the law is written on the hearts of His people, they will grow into conformity to the moral law. The Holy Spirit will bear fruit of sanctification.
Of course there is a still a place for morality influencing culture and law.
Paul acknowledges the state’s role in wielding the sword (Romans 13), but I don’t think Paul advocates for re-instituting the Old Testament civil law per se in the new covenant.
Seems as though the place for such moral laws in the Christian life is as a re-iteration/proof for what the “redeemed life” looks like.
Jesus in the New Testament refuted some of the Old testament statements like an eye for an eye.
I would expect if you compare both documents the Old and New that the New testament would not agree with the Old testament in some areas.
Christians can do what they want, but if I was a Christian I would distance myself from the Old Testament, and follow the New Testament.
After reading both that is my opinion. - Tom
The Nazis *were* "gay". Seriously, the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei began as a homosexual club.
They rounded up effeminate gays, while filling their ranks with sadistic and murderous "butch" gays.
Oh, yes. Quite. Their ‘lifestyle’ is depraved, diseased, and disgusting ... and they do a good job of damning themselves. That doesn’t excuse the mohammedan murdering them; nor does it relieve us of the duty, in Christian charity, to pray for their conversion.
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